Henry Trollope

Henry Trollope (20 April 1756-2 November 1839) was an Admiral of the Royal Navy of Great Britain. He fought in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Trollope was born on 20 April 1756, and he entered the Royal Navy of Great Britain at the age of 14 in 1770. During the American Revolutionary War he fought at the 1775 Battle of Lexington and the following Battle of Bunker Hill, and he proceeded to fight in the 1775-1776 Siege of Boston. Trollope also served under John Murray Dunmore during his campaigns in Virginia and Rhode Island against the American rebels, and Trollope was one of the officers in charge of bombarding Forts Clinton and Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Mud Island.

In 1781, Trollope was promoted to Post-Captain, and in September 1782, he captured the new French frigate "Hebe" from the Chevalier de Vigny with only 3 losses, and he was called "carronade-crazy". In 1797, during the French Revolutionary Wars, he put down a mutiny at The Nore and in 1797 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath after a victory at the Battle of Camperdown. From 1801 to 1812 he was a Rear-Admiral, but played no role in the Napoleonic Wars. On 2 November 1839, he committed suicide at the age of 83 at Freshford, near Bath in Somerset.